The Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has lauded the National Assembly for issuing a six-week ultimatum on President Muhammadu Buhari to step up the fight against insecurity or risk being impeached. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus of the Senate led by the Senate Minority Leader, Philip Aduda on...
Greets, tasks Muslims on ideals of event Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Friday joined the Muslim community to commemorate the New Hijrah Year 1444, calling the migration of the prophet from his birthplace to Medina as a watershed in world history. Speaking at the annual Hijrah event in Ilorin,...
The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, has assured Nigerians that it was tackling the forex scarcity, even as it advised against succumbing to the speculative activities of some players in the exchange market. The Director, Corporate Communications at the CBN, Osita Nwanisobi, while speaking with journalists on Friday in Abuja,...
All Progressives Congress Presidential Candidate, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has said Nigeria is at a critical moment where misguided persons seek to stoke religious and ethnic divisions among the people. Tinubu said the aim of such actors is an attempt to destroy social harmony and reign violence on the country. The...
Babachir Lawal, former Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), has called on Nigerians not to vote for any ticket that is not mixed between Christians and Muslims during the 2023 elections. Lawal said the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 poll will be...
Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has accused Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, of telling lies against him in an interview with a national television. The PDP was plunged into crisis after the primary election where Atiku emerged flagbearer of the opposition party for the 2023 Presidential...
Popular Hip-hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable has apologised to the organisers of the Nigerian prestigious music award, the Headies, following his disqualification. Portable was nominated in the Best Street artiste and Rookie of the Year categories at the award alongside Av, Fave, Magicx and Ugocci. The Headies disqualified...
The Federal Government has concluded plans to kick start the long-awaited Universal Health Coverage programme in a bid to make quality healthcare service affordable and accessible to 83 million vulnerable Nigerians. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, made the disclosure when the delegation from World Health...
As IGP Reassures Nigerians on Better Security The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc(+), NPM, fdc, has inaugurated a high-powered Committee to review documents from the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) and provide necessary information for the effective functioning of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in...
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has indicated that his administration will soon embark on the authentication of all primary schools teachers in the state. Gov. Tambuwal stated this on Thursday while distributing instructional materials to the 23 local government education departments in the state held at the State...